Complementary color drawing inspired by Alighiero Boetti
ALIGHIERO BOETTI is an Italian artist active from the 60s to the 90s. His most famous works are the TAPESTRIES in which the artist has … Read more
Illustrated poetry
With sixth grade students we did this interdisciplinary work in collaboration with the Italian teachers and with my art colleague Maria Noemi Demaio. First, the … Read more
Black & White Cities in Two Points Perspective
To create this urban landscape in two points perspective, with the 7th grade students, we used a graduated frame that you can find here, which … Read more
Art with lines, inspired by Sol Lewitt
With 6th grade students we made these drawings inspired by the American artist Sol Lewitt and his works made with color lines. Explaining the line … Read more
Abstract square that tells about me
A new work inspired by the American artist Harold Hollingswort, who has always attracted us for a different approach to abstract art. In his works, … Read more
Big Delaunay Poster with patterns
A large poster inspired by Robert Delaunay, who with his colored circles gave us one of the most beautiful works of abstract art. The poster … Read more
The Color Theory in 7 objects
To review the different categories of color theory, each student chose a theme and drew 7 objects in the style of doodle. The word doodle … Read more
Bicycle texturized: printable worksheets
In the first file you find 20 details of a bicycle, in pdf file, ready to be colored in an individually activity, with texture, zentangle … Read more
Like an Expressionist woodcut
In this particular year, when the art room is closed, we still tried to work in the classroom with the tools available and instead of … Read more
Character inspired by Dubuffet
Thanks to the idea of my colleague Luigi Santibacci, we created these imaginative characters inspired by Jean Dubuffet with 6th Grade students. We observed his … Read more
The mask I would like
I publish here the interesting work of Ilaria Cagno, an Italian art teacher who had the idea to decorate the masks we wear every day … Read more
Still life on abstract background
In order to understand the light and shadow on a solid, we drew the shades on a group of objects with a pencil. In this … Read more